Survey of blood parasites in Ross' and white-fronted geese in southern Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 286-289

  Kloss, Christopher L ^a   Fedynich, Alan M ^a   Ballard, Bart M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER ROSSII; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHEN; CHEN ROSSII; LEUCOCYTOZOON SIMONDI;

EID: 0037627925     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0286:SOBPIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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